| Sunnyvale ESL shooting | |
|---|---|
 Perpetrator Richard Farley being escorted by police officers | |
| Location | Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°24′41″N 122°00′45″W / 37.4114°N 122.0124°W |
| Date | February 16, 1988 (CST) |
| Target | Former co-workers |
Attack type | Mass shooting, workplace shooting |
| Weapons | Benelli Riot semi-automatic shotgun, rifle with a scope, pump-action shotgun, Sentinel revolver, Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum Revolver, Browning semiautomatic pistol, Smith & Wesson pistol[1] |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 4 (3 by gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Richard Wade Farley |
| Motive | Stalking of former co-worker |
On February 16, 1988, a mass shooting occurred at the headquarters of ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California, United States. 39-year-old Richard Farley shot and killed seven people and wounded four others. A former employee of the company, he stalked his co-worker Laura Black for four years beginning in 1984. Farley was convicted of seven counts of first degree murder and is currently serving a death sentence at California Health Care Facility.[2]
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